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No 257,443. Patented May 2,1882.

m E. w TL WITNESSES INVENTOR MAN WwmA/v. ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HUNTRESS, OF JANESVILLE, WIS., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES DUTTON AND HIRAM MERRILL, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,443, dated May 2, 1882.

Application filed November 25, 1881. (No model.)

My invention relates to an improvement in buckles, the object being to provide a buckle which may be secured in place without puncturing or cutting the strap, and which will be neat and durable in its construction, and adapted to be supplied to the trade at a small first cost.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will hereinafter be described and pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved buckle applied to a strap. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the frame. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the 2 tongue and cross-bar, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the under side of the buckle.

A represents the buckle-frame, consisting of the sides a a, the end tongue plate or bar, I), and the cross-bar c. To the sides a a of the 0 frame is cast the bearing-plate B, the portion (l of which is flat and arranged practically flush with the under surface of the frame. The rear portion, e, of the bearing-pla teis upwardly curved, as atf, so that its upper surface shall be practically flush with the upper surface of the buckle. Part 0 is bent downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and a slot, g, formed therein, whereby there are formed two depending lugs or flanges, O G. The curved portionfhas an opening, h, formed therein for the reception of the tongue, while the flat portion (1 is depressed at its central portion, as at z, to form a bearing for the rear end of the tongue.

D represents the tongue, and E a cross-bar attached to its rear end. The tongue is inserted from the under side of the buckle through the opening h, and the cross-bar E inserted in the groove F, formed on the under side of the curved portion f of the bearing-plate. The lugs or flanges G G are then turned over the two ends of the cross-bar and folded over and upon the under side of the flat portion (1 on opposite sides of the depression i, whereby the under side of the bearing for the cross-bar E will be practically flush with the under surface of the buckle. One end of the strap is secured to the cross-bar 0, while the other end of the same strap, or any other strap to be buckled, is inserted through the buckle and secured in the ordinary manner.

From the foregoingdescription it will be observed that this buckle is secured in place without cutting or puncturing the strap, and that the tongue is firmly secured in place and 'hastwo points of bearingviz.,one at its free end and one near the cross-bar.

It is evident that slight changes in the 0011- struction and form of the parts may be resorted to without involving a departure from the spirit of my invention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a buckle, the combination, with the buckleframe and a bearing-plate consisting of the flat portion d, formed with a depression, 2 a curved portion, f, provided with a groove, F, lugs or flanges G O, and opening 71, of the tongue D, provided with the cross-bar E, the latter being secured within the groove F by means of the flanges or lugs O U, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have'sigued this specification in the presence ottwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN II. HUNTRESS.

\Vitnesses:

Guns. DUT'lON, (inns. TAnnAN'r. 

